Influence of sunflower seed oil or baby lotion on the skin barrier function of newborns: A pilot study

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 500-507

  Kanti, Varvara ^a   Günther, Malise ^a   Stroux, Andrea ^a   Sawatzky, Sabine ^a   Henrich, Wolfgang ^a   Abou Dakn, Michael ^b   Blume Peytavi, Ulrike ^a   Garcia Bartels, Natalie ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b St Joseph Hospital Berlin Tempelhof GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

natural oils; neonatal care; newborns; pH; transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

SUNFLOWER OIL; EMOLLIENT AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; LOTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PH; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEBUM SECRETION; SKIN CARE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; ABDOMEN; CHEMISTRY; CUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; FOREARM; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INFANT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEBUM; THERMOREGULATION; THIGH;

ABDOMEN; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; EMOLLIENTS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEBUM; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUNFLOWER OIL; THIGH; WATER; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 85034053058     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocd.12302     Document Type: Article

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